2 night min stays - negotiable?

I can understand a weekend, certainly a holiday weekend minimum. Now, if you drive up, no reservation, & they refuse putting something in an empty site, well silly them. A Walmart is seldom too far away. This is why RVs have water tanks, batteries & inverters.

DutchmenSport wrote:
We bumped into some of this when attempting to make reservations the week of July 4 (July 1, 2, and 3). We'll be traveling all 3 days, and only want a single night, so we can keep moving the next day. We had several just simply tells us they were already booked. I could tell by the hesitation in their voices they were not. They were thinking, what if we can't get someone booked the full week-end adjoining the 4th of July! I could sense it in their voices.

Well, we did get all 3 night booked, thanks to good old KOA. They aren't picky. I think they know they'll have one-night transients every day that week and booked solid at that!

I think the KOA policy might depend on ownership and locale.....the closest KOA to me has a 3 night minimum for the 4th of July holiday which ought to be wonky this year since it falls on a Tuesday.

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One night stay? Well, why not boondock instead?

Txsurfer wrote:
I have noticed that some parks require at least 2 nights and was curious if any here have had any success negotiating that to a single night? I guess it's about supply and demand but I would assume a park half full would welcome the add'l REV.

We bumped into some of this when attempting to make reservations the week of July 4 (July 1, 2, and 3). We'll be traveling all 3 days, and only want a single night, so we can keep moving the next day. We had several just simply tells us they were already booked. I could tell by the hesitation in their voices they were not. They were thinking, what if we can't get someone booked the full week-end adjoining the 4th of July! I could sense it in their voices.

Well, we did get all 3 night booked, thanks to good old KOA. They aren't picky. I think they know they'll have one-night transients every day that week and booked solid at that!

Captain_Happy wrote:
At what park are you referring to? Might give the rest of us a heads up on not where to stay. It's only happened to me on holiday week-ends. Which I fully understand.

I can also understand that policy in high season in general.
Gotta make hay while the sun shines and forecasting how you'll make your overhead is a part of that.

We never waiver from our pricing policies. To do so is tantamount to saying you don't have a pricing policy. What do you think the reaction from all the people who accepted the two night minimum policy be if they found out others didn't have to follow that policy?

Answer: The "don't stay here, the owners and management plays favorites" reviews would be up the next day.

At what park are you referring to? Might give the rest of us a heads up on not where to stay. It's only happened to me on holiday week-ends. Which I fully understand.

Don't know till ya ask. If they're not booked they would be foolish to turn down the money.

Sure......negotiate away

More then likely pay for 2 and only stay 1 will be fine with them

You'll never know unless you ask. The worst that can happen is they refuse you. I suspect some would absolutely refuse to budge and others might be more accommodating.

More often I've seen minimums for reservations, rather than stays, though the latter is not unheard of particularly during holidays or local events.